Masters and Pupils: The artistic succession from Perugino to Manet 1480-1880, by Gert-Rudolf Flick.

(Hogarth Arts, £50; 978-0-9554063-2-4)

Jacques-Louis David’s Self-portrait (1794). David is one of the artists featured, with his teacher, Joseph-Marie Vien, in this handsome volume,  The line of descent is made up of 18 artists, each passing on his knowledge to the next generation, all linked by the belief that art could be taught and learned.